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Direct linkHerrera, C.; Chambon, C.; Michel, B. F.; Paban, V.; Alescio-Lautier, B. – Neuropsychologia, 2012
Considering the high risk for individuals with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (A-MCI) to progress towards Alzheimer's disease (AD), we investigated the efficacy of a non-pharmacological intervention, that is, cognitive training that could reduce cognitive difficulties and delay the cognitive decline. For this, we evaluated the efficacy of a…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Investigations, Intervention, Alzheimers Disease
Iacono, Teresa; Torr, Jennifer; Wong, Hui Yi – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Studies into the effects of ageing on language in adults with Down syndrome (DS) have tended to rely on measures that lack sensitivity to change because they fail to explore across linguistic domains or rely on proxy reports. The study aim was to use measures of receptive and expressive language from studies of younger individuals with DS in…
Descriptors: Mental Age, Linguistics, Alzheimers Disease, Down Syndrome
Nelson, Linda D.; Scheibel, Kevin E.; Ringman, John M.; Sayre, James W. – Brain and Cognition, 2007
Measures developed from animal models of aging may detect dementia of the Alzheimer's type in a population at-risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although, by middle age, individuals with Down syndrome (DS) show an extraordinarily high prevalence of AD-type pathology, their severe idiopathic cognitive deficits tend to confound the "clinical"…
Descriptors: Pathology, Animals, Alzheimers Disease, Down Syndrome
Ball, S. L.; Holland, A. J.; Huppert, F. A.; Treppner, P.; Watson, P.; Hon, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2004
Dementia because of Alzheimer's disease (AD) commonly affects older adults with Down's syndrome (DS). Methods are needed, with established concurrent and predictive validity, to facilitate the diagnostic assessment of dementia, when it is complicated by pre-existing intellectual disabilities (ID). We report on the reliability and validity of a…
Descriptors: Identification, Predictive Validity, Interrater Reliability, Alzheimers Disease
Download full textCrawford, Michael E., Ed.; Card, Jaclyn A., Ed. – 1991
This volume focuses on therapeutic recreation, as a subject of inquiry and as a treatment tool. The 11 articles include original field based research, program development initiatives, issue and theory of practice papers, and original tutorials in assessment and research. The article titles are: "The Role of Leisure Education with Family…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Alzheimers Disease, Children
